Sub Series: Miscellaneous 1950s building works and company & staff events

Description

Box containing 3 albums with a total of 143 prints showing:

- Laing works between 1951 and 1959, mostly in the Carlisle area, including: Carlisle Technical College; Harraby Inn estate, Carlisle; Longtown gravel works; the Duke of Westminster's estate in Pale, Wales; Carlisle Court Houses; Blackwell and Brisco brickworks; Carr and Co's bakery; Laing's office in Carlisle; Ambleside church; Workington Reservoir; Lakeland Laundry Chimney, Harraby; Carlisle power station; Maryport secondary school; Princes Square, Glasgow; and the District Bank in Carlisle; - staff events between 1952 and 1955, including staff outings to Southport and Whitley Bay; the 1953 Children's Christmas Party; the 1954 Pensioners' Outing; various retirement and farewell dinners; and attendees at a film night in Carlisle; - attendees at official events relating to Laing building works, including: the openings of an estate in Accrington in 1947, Harraby AP Bungalows in December 1953, New Brewery in Carlisle and Carlisle Technical College in 1954, Harraby School in 1955 and Carlisle Technical College extension and Millom School in 1959; the openings of the 7000th house in Carlisle in 1952 and the 1000th house in Whitehaven in 1954; the laying of the foundation stones for Harraby church, Maryport and St Bees Schools in 1953, and Carlisle TA centre and Whitehaven FE College in 1954.

- views of flooding in Carlisle and Kendal in 1954.

A detailed list is available.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/21 John Laing Photographic Collection Miscellaneous Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

This Sub Series contains the following materials:

Photograph (Positive): 143

Album - Miscellaneous: 3

Rights

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